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2D St Cloud Times Sports Wednesday, Oct 6, 2004 2-minute drill Compiled from Tuna staff and news service report Sports highlights Compiled from Times staff and news service reports Today Area pro, college sports calendar Minnesota Twins baseball 6:09 p.m. today at New York on ESPN. For tickets or information, call (800) 338-9467. Minnesota Vikings football Noon Sunday at Houston on Channel 9. For tickets or information, call (612) 338-4537.

St John's football 1 p.m. Saturday vs. Bethel on KKJM-FM. For tickets or information, call (320) 363-2595. St Cloud State football I pm Saturday at Augustana on WJON-AM.

For tickets or information, call (320) 308-2137. Minnesota Gophers football II a.m. Saturday at Michigan on ESPN. For tickets or information, call (800) 846-7437. SL Cloud State men's hockey 1 p.m.

Saturday vs. St Lawrence on KNSI-AM. For tickets or information, call (320) 255-2137. Willmar junior safety Tyler Homing (football). Kurtz plays in Sr.

Olympic toumey Denny Kurtz of St Cloud played in the 50s FJite bracket of the 2004 AARP Minnesota Senior Olympic hockey tournament last weekend at the Schwans Super Rink in Blaine. Kurtz's team, the Minnesota Norm Stars, finished the tournament 5-0 but had to forfeit the title game because it was played Monday morning and most players were unable to "participate. Captain of the team was Butch Williams, a former winger with the NHLs St Louis Blues and California Golden Seals. Kurtz scored the game-winning goal in the team's first game. Most of the players on the team were from the Duluth area.

Kurtz wants to field a St Cloud area team next year, when the tournament returns to Blaine. Players must be at least 50 years old, and goalies must be at least 45. Huskies move up In national polls The St Cloud State football team continues to move up in the NCAA Division II polls. The Huskies are ranked No. 8 in the American Football Coaches Association poll, No.

9 in the D2FootbalLcom and College Sports Reports Dopke.com polls and No. 11 in the Don Hansen Football Gazette poL St Cloud State is ranked No. 3 in the latest Northwest Regional poll. The top six teams in the region at the endof the season will make the national playoffs. Two Huskies are ranked in the top 10 in Division II statistics.

Matt Birkel, a junior running back from Ellsworth, is ranked fourth in rushing yards per game (168.7), fifth in scoring (12 ppg) and is seventh in all-purpose yards (18L5). Daniel Kaczor, a junior quarterback from St Cloud Tech, is ranked 10th in passing effi- Today's teaser Who was the first New York Yankee to be named World Series MVP? Tuesday's answer The Minnesota Twins vr alt-time postseason ERA leader is Dave Boswell Q35). ciency (157.9). The Huskies play Augustana at 1 pjn. Saturday at Howard Wood Field in Sioux Falls, S.D.

CLC announces top performers The following athletes have been named Central Lakes Conference fall performers of the week: Will-mar's AbdiAwak (boys cross country), Sartell freshman Alex Murray (girls cross country), St Cloud Tech senior goalie Brian Lahr (boys soccer), Tech junior Melissa Lisbon (girls tennis), Tech junior outside hitter Kristen (volleyball) and Major League Baseball playoffs 3 p.m. Houston Astros at Atlanta Braves, ESPN. 7 p.m. Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees, ESPN. 9 p.m.

Boston Red Sox at Anaheim Angels, ESPN. Thursday Goif 7:30 a.m. European PGA Dunhill Links Championship, GOLF. 3 p.m. PGA Michelin Championship at Las Vegas, USA.

4 p.m. PGA Nationwide Tour Gila River Classic, GOLF. Major League Baseball playoffs 3 p.m. Houston Astros at Atlanta Braves, ESPN. 7 p.m.

Los Angeles Dodgers at St Louis Cardinals, Channel 9. College football 6 p.m. Houston at Southern Mississippi, ESPN2. 6:30 p.m. Clemson at Virginia, ESPN.

Auto racing Midnight Japanese Grand Prix practice, SPEED. Friday Golf 7:30 a.m. European PGA Dunhill Links Championship, GOLF. 1:30 p.m. PGA Chapions Tour Administaff Classic, GOLF.

3 p.m. PGA Michelin Championship at Las Vegas, USA. 4 p.m. PGA Nationwide Tour Gila River Classic, GOLF. Major League Baseball playoffs 3 p.m.

Anaheim Angels at Boston Red Sox, ESPN. 7 p.m. New York Yankees at Minnesota Twins, ESPN. Auto racing 1:30 p.m. NASCAR Busch Series Mr.

Goodcents 300 qualifying, SPEED. 3 p.m. NASCAR Nextel Cup Banquet 400 qualifying, SPEED. WNBA finals 7 p.m. Game 1, ESPN2.

College volleyball 7 p.m. Minnesota at Wisconsin, FSN. Happy, iiealthHudsongiad 0 home disappointed. "We felt let down," said Eastlund, who finished the day with four tackles, "It was a hard game to lose. But I thought we played well.

"When you saw what the Johnnies went on to do in the postseason, they proved how good a team they were. For us to stay that close to the national champions was a big thing." Almost a year later, the two teams again come into the game in the thick of the MIAC title chase. And this time around, the Royals are hoping for a different outcome. "It would be a big deal to win this game," said Eastlund, whose team last beat St. John's in 2000 and has never won a game in Col-legeville.

"Especially up there. That's something that hasn't been done here. "This is my last year. My last shot at them. So it would be nice to go out on top in that respect" portedly seeking a contract extension.

"It's not really about what it means to me, it's about what it means to the team, and we need Sam here," Hudson said. "I'm not even sure exactly why he's not here, but I'm looking forward to it all getting worked out so we can start fitting all the pieces together." Hudson is hoping those pieces add up to an NBA title. "The championship, that's our ultimate goal," Hudson said. "You can be proud of yourself for your own accomplishments, or for getting out of the first round and into the conference finals. we want a championship; That's what strive for.

It doesn't get any better than that." TTmberwofves notebook offs after an injury to his left ankle required season-ending surgery. That left him sidelined as the Timberwolves advanced to the Western Conference Finals. "It was tough," said Hudson following his team's first practice of the season Tuesday at Warner Palaestra's Sexton Arena, "mainly because I couldn't play basketball. "I wasn't thinking about the fact that I was coming off a great year (in 2002-03). That part of it never really sunk in.

It was just hard not being able to be out there with my teammates." mi Hudson was a free agent after last season, but eventually re-signed with the Wolves. The deal is for as "Things are a lot better then they were last season," Hudson said. "There are still some issues with my flexibility and my range of motion. But I'm not feeling any pain' from the injury. I still have some work to do, but I'll get it down." The Timberwolves plan to bring Hudson along slowly this preseason.

"I wish he would have been able to go the full hour-and-a-half today, but he's making progress from where his injury was at," head coach Flip Saunders said. "When he gets healthy, he's going to be one of the top point guards in the league." Hudson may get a few more early repetitions than expected. All-Star starting point guard Sam Cassell was a no-show for the start of camp Tuesday and is re By Frank Rajkowski fiajkowskistcloudtimes.com COLLEGEVILLE-After a season of injury-related frustration followed by an off-season filled with uncertainty, point guard Troy Hudson is happy to be back in training camp with the Minnesota Timberwolves. After signing with the team as a free agent prior to the 2002-03 season, the 6-foot-1, 175-pound Hudson appeared in 79 games and averaged 14.2 points per contest. In a first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers, he hit 17 3-pointers and averaged 23.5 ppg But he missed the first 25 games last season after spraining his right ankle in a preseason matchup with.

Indiana. Then he missed the final seven games of the regular season and the play- Football NFL STANDINGS NATIONAL CONFERENCE Troy Hudson Coming back from ankle injury many as six years and up to $37 million. The Timberwolves made resigning him a priority, but negotiations weren't completed until early August "I expected to be back here said Hudson, who is entering his eighth NBA season. "This is where I wanted to be and the team made it clear they wanted me here. This was my No.

1 choice. I didn't want to go anyplace else." While Hudson is still dealing with lingering effects of his injury, he said the rehabilitation is progressing well. DataSport Fish Today scoreboard Michigan 24 4-1 152 90 Purdue 14 44 189 53 Iowa 1-1 3-2 118 107 Michigan State 1-1 2-3 108 115 Northwestern 1-1 2-3 136 165 Ohio State 0-1 3-1 100 74 Penn State 0-2 2-3 102 76 Illinois 0-2 2-3 136 137 Indiana 0-2 2-3 137 150 Games Saturday Predicting wildlife patterns The information in these charts can, to an extent, predict the optimal times of day for catching fish and hunting game. This information is based on past wildlife activity patterns and many predictable factors (sunrise, sunset, tide forces, From Page ID SJU run with 4:57 left to play. But Kirchoff was injured while lunging for the end zone, bruising tissue near his larynx.

An ambulance had to be summoned, stopping play. When the game resumed, Elliott returned a kickoff 50 yards to set up a 5-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Keating to running back Josh Nelson with 2:03 remaining. Bethel got the ball back one more time, but current Royals starting quarterback A. J. Parnell (then in for Kirchoff) was hit hard by nose tackle Ryan Weinandt and fumbled.

Weinandt, now the head football coach at Dassel-Cokato High School, fell on the ball to seal the victory for St John's and send East-lund and his teammates 1.722. 3, Greg 4 (tie), John Daly, Ernie Els and Darren Clarke, 1.734. Pettersson, 1.735. 8, Loren Roberts, 1.736.9,4tiedwithl.741. Birdie Average 1, Tiger Woods, 43a 2, Phil Mickelson, 4.31.

3, Vijay Singh, 4.29. 4, Emie Els, 4.13. 5, Adam Scott, 4.08. 6, John Daly, 4.01. 7, Retief Goosen, 3.98.

8 (tie), Kenny Perry and Stephen Ames, 3.88. 10, 2 tied with 337. Eagles (Holes per) 1, Harrison Frazar, 843. 2 (tie), John Daly and Geoff Ogilvy, 913. 4.

Nick Price, 96.0. 5, Vaughn Taylor, 99.7. 6 Vijay Singh, 1033. 7, Mike Helnen, 106.0. a John senden, 111.6.

9, Neal Lancaster, 124.6. 10, 2 tied with 128.6. Sand Save Percentage 1, Jim Carter, 70.0. 2, Dan Foreman, 633. 3, Len Mattiace, 623.

4, Jose Co- ceres, 624. 5, Adam Scott 613. 6 (tie), Garrett Willis and Geoff Ogilvy, 61.4. a Dennis Paulson, 61.1. 9, Rod Pampling, 603.

10, Nick Price, 603. AU-Around Ranking 1, Phil Mickelson, 261. 2, Vijay Singh, 289. 3 (tie), Retief Goosen and Geoff Ogilvy, 322. 5, John Daly, 344.

6 Ted Purdy, 369. 7, Stephen Ames, 372. Stewart Cink, 382. 9, Tiger Woods, 401. 10, John Senden, Transactions BASEBALL American Iftwgtifi DETROIT TIGERS-Exerdsed its 2006 option with Alan Trammell, manager.

National League PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES-Announced Milt Thompson, first base coach; Gary Varsho, bench coach; Ramon Henderson, bullpen coach; and Mick Billmeyer, major league catching instructor, will be retained for the 2005 season. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association CHICAGO BULLS-Announced the retirement of Scottie Pippen. Signed Gary Trent DALLAS MAVERICKS-Signed Derek Hood. MIAMI HEAT-Slgned Tang Hamilton. FOOTBALL Nattonal Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS Waived DE Elton Patterson.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS-Placed OT Mike Pearson on injured reserve. Signed OT Bob Whitfield. MIAMI DOLPHINS-Slgned FB Doug Easlick and Tim Stuber to the practice squad. Released CB Vontez Duff. NEW YORK JETS-Signed WR Chas Gessner and Jason Nerys to the practice squad.

Released WR Carl Kearney and Jarreil Weaver from the practice squad. This week TODAY College VoUeybal MIAC St Benedict at St Catherine, 7:30 pa Non-conference Bemidji State at St Cloud State, 7 pm Men's soccer MIAC Macalester at St John's, 4:30 pjn. THURSDAY High school Volleyball Central Lakes Sauk Rapids at Willmar, 7:30 p.m.; Rocori at Apollo, 7:30 p.m.; Alexandria at Tech, 730 pm; Little Falls at Sartell, 7:30 p.m. West Central North Albany at Sauk Centre, 7:30 p.m.; LPGE at Melrose, 7:30 p.m.; Cathedral at Paynesvllle, 7:30 pjn. Central Minnesota Maple Lake at Eden Valley-Watklns, 7:30 p.m.; Kimball at Rockford, 7:30 p.m.; Holdlngford at BBE, 7:30 p.m.; Howard Lake-Waverly at Pierz, 7:30 p.m.

Wright County Annandale at Becker, 7:30 pm Rum River Foley at Milaca, 7:30 pm Prairie Upsala at Royalton, 730 pm Boys soccer I I I I i I I I I I I i I I I I I I 1 I EXCELLENT GOOD 12 3 6 9 12 3 6 9 12 WEDNESDAY rroryngwyimnaBStyinc. OCTOBER 6 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I EXCELLENT GOOD 12 3 6 9 12 3 6 9 12 THURSDAY rorriein yvw nmstw.fac. OCTOBER 7 Pet Pf PA Mnmsota 2 1 0 JOT 78 66 Detroit 2 1 0 .667 61 62 Chicago 1 3 0 350 68 76 Green Bay 1 3 0 350 72 94 East Pet PF PA Philadelphia 4 0 0 1.000 107 55 N.Y.Giants 3 1 0 .750 78 62 Dallas 2 1 0 .667 57 65 Washington 1 3 0 250 61 68 South Pet PF PA Atlanta 4 0 0 1.000 88 49 New Orleans 2 2 0 300 75 107 Carolina 1 2 0 333 52 68 Tampa Bay 0 4 0 .000 49 72 West Pet PF PA Seattle 3 0 0 1.000 65 13 St Louis 2 2 0 300 83 86 Arizona 1 3 0 .250 59 56 San Francisco 0 4 0 .000 60 109 AMERICAN CONFERENCE East I Pet PF PA New England 3 0 0 1.000 81 53 N.Y.Ms 3 0 0 1.000 82 61 Buffalo 0 3 0 .000 37 57 Miami 0 4 0 .000 32 63 South I Pet PF PA Indianapolis 3 1 0 .750 124 92 Jacksonville 3 1 0 .750 52 52 Houston 2 2 0 .500 90 93 Tennessee 1 3 0 .250 63 91 North Pet PF PA Pittsburgh 3 1 0 .750 78 71 Baltimore 2 2 0 300 80 69 Cleveland 2 2 0 300 59 62 Cincinnati 1 3 0 .250 66 95 West Pet PF PA Denver 3 1 0 .750 79 57 Oakland 2 2 0 300 81 84 San Diego 2 2 0 300 106 94 Kansas City 1 3 0 .250 89 110 Games Sunday Minnesota at Michigan, 11 am Illinois at Michigan state Indiana at Northwestern Wisconsin at Ohio State Purdue at Penn State NCC STANDINGS Conf.Overal W-L W-L PF PA St Cloud State 24 64 239 98 4-2 226 153 Nebraska-Omaha 14 South Dakota 1-1 North Dakota 1-1 MSU-Mankato 1-1 Minnesota-Duluth 0-1 Augustana 0-2 Games Saturday 5-1 237 89 4-1 157 54 3-3 180 188 3-3 111 144 3-3 133 85. St Cloud State at Augustana, 1 pm South Dakota at Minnesota State-Mankato Minnesota-Duluth at Nebraska-Omaha Ferris State at North Dakota (NC) MIAC STANDINGS Cortf.Overal W-L W-L 34 44 PF PA 132 52 214 57 117 57 76 74 111 96 61 87 118 104 80 146 42 153 Concordia St John's 34 4-1 Bethel 24 3-1 St Thomas 2-1 3-1 Augsburg 1-1 1-3 Hamline 1-2 2-2 StOlaf 0-2 2-2 Gustavus 0-3 0-4 Carieton 0-3 0-4 Games Saturday Bethel at St John's, 1 pm Hamline at Concordia Carieton at StOlaf Gustavus at Augsburg PREP POLL The 2004 Minnesota Associated Press rankings for high school football. Scoring is based on 10 points for first 9 for second, etc First-place votes in parentheses.

oassM 7. Eden VaBey-Watkirts 54 19 S.Pierz 4-1 16 9. Breck 4-1 12 10. Sibley East 4-1 9 Others receiving votes: Holdlngford 8, Kenyon-Wanamingo 3, Moose Lake-Willow River 2, Benson Class 1A 1. Mankato Loyola (4) 54 55 2.

New Ulm Cathedral (1) 54 53 3. Adrian 54 50 4. Springfield" (1) 54 43 5. Browerville 54 37 6 Rushford-Peterson 54 29 7. Mabel-Canton 54 22 a Ottertail Central 4-1 15 a Clearbrook-Gonvick 54 15 10.

Blooming Prairie 4-1 6 21. Shigeki Maruyama 22. Scott Verplank 23. KJ. Choi 24.

Fred Funk 25. Jerry Kelly 26. Darren Clarke 27. David Toms 2a Carlos Franco 29. Jay Haas 30.

Kenny Perry 31. Tim Herron 32. Jonathan Kaye 33. Charles Howell III 34. Luke Donald 35.

Rod Pampling 36. JeffMagoert 37. TedPurdy 3a Justin Leonard 39. Bo Van Pert 40. Woody Austin 41.

Fred Couples 42. Duffy Waldorf 43. JoeySindelar 44. JoeOgilvie 45. KirkTriplett 46.

Robert Allenby 47. Arron Oberholser 4a Alex Cejka 49. 50. Chris Riley 51. FrankLickliterll 52.

Scott Hoch 53. Fredrik Jacobson 54. Craig Parry 55. Patrick Sheehan 56. Justin Rose 57.

Steve Lowery 5a Stephen Leaney 59. Jonathan Byrd 60. Skip Kendall 61. Harrison Frazar 62. Jesper Parnevik 63.

Heath Slocum 64. Tim Petrovic 65. Geoff Ogilvy 66. Vaughn Taylor 67. Thomas Bjorn 6a Brad Faxon 69.

Bob Tway 70. Carl Pettersson 71. Loren Roberts 72. Robert Damron 73. Jeff Sluman 74.

Kevin Sutherland 75. Bemhard Langer 76. Shaun Micheei 77. Bart Bryant 7a Brian Bateman 79. Bob Estes 80.

Ben Crane 81. Tim Clark 82. Corey Pavin 83. J. Henry 84.

Tom Byrum 85. Dudley Hart 86. Todd Fischer 87. Ryan Palmer 8a Kevin Na 89. Nick Price 90.

Hunter Mahan 24 $2,133,440 21 $2,052,477 22 $1,982,975 25 $1,943,943 25 $1,914332 15 $1386,019 21 $1323,181 23 $1,781,031 20 $1,779376 21 $1,714,643 24 $1,687,077 23 $1,686328 27 $1,682,656 20 $1,646368 23 $1,645,167 19 $1319,022 31 $1317381 23 $1,477389 26 $1,452325 26 $1,450,118 16 $1396.109 22 $1387,945 28 $1352,081 28 $1332388 21 $1330,621 23 $1315,107 19 $1305,712 22 $1390343 27 $1381,066 21 $1363,669 24 $1341330 17 $1339360 21 $1333,738 13 $1324,018 30 $1322378 19 $1,171397 25 $1,169,983 22 $1,124397 24 $1,118,048 25 $1,116444 22 $1,109,626 20 $1,078,165 28 $1,066337 28 $1,061345 22 $1,058,410 24 $1,054,271 12 $1,050303 25 $984,928 $958,657 $957,036 $952,672 $924,004 $908395 $907,934 $903,089 $901323 $890,036 $887392 $868,763 $859325 $852315 $849,901 $839,415 $835383 $831,998 $827,171 $816,190 $807,408 $796,086 $794381 PGA STATISTICS Through Oct 3 Scoring Average 1, Vijay Singh, 68.92. 2, Phil Mickelson, 68.94. 3, Ernie Els, 68.96. 4, Tiger Woods, 69.10. 5, Retief Goosen, 69.49.

6, Stewart Cink, 69.73. 7, Sergio Garcia, 69.79. 8, Stephen Ames, 69.88. 9, Scott Verplank, 69.94. 10, Davis Love III, 69.99.

Driving Distance 1, Hank Kuehne, 314.7. 2, Scott Hend, 3133. 3, John Daly, 306.0. 4, Mike Helnen, 3053. 5, Geoff Ogilvy, 3043.

6, Chris Smith, 3033. 7, Lucas Glover, 302.9. 8, JJ. Henry, 302.5. 9.

Tiger Woods, 302.0. 10, Vijay Singh, 301.1. Driving Accuracy Percentage 1, Fred Funk, 77.9. 2, Scott Verplank. 76.0.

3, Craig Bowden, 75.4. 4, Tom Byrum, 743. 5, Joe Durant 74.1. 6 Jose Coceres, 74.0. 7, Bart Bryant, 733.

8, Garrett Willis, 733. 9 (tie), CHin Browne and John Cook, 73.3. Greens ki Regulation Pet 1, Vijay Singh, 723. 2, Joe Durant 72.1. 3, Sergio 4, John Senden, 70.4.

5, Chris Smith, 70.0. 6, Tom 7 (tie), Phil Mickelson, Duffy Waldorf and Briny 10, 2 tied with 69.1. Total Driving 1, Jeff Brehaut 69. 2, Lucas Glover, 8a 3, JJ. Henry, 95.

4Joe Durant 97. 5, John Senden, 103. 6 Brian Bateman, 104. 7(tie), Ted Purdy and Vaughn Taylor, 109. 9, Garrett Willis, 111.10, 2 tied with 112.

Putting Average 1, Stewart Cink, 1.720. 2, Tiger Woods, Central Lakes Willmar at Tech, 5 p.nv; Alexandria at Little Falls, 5 pm; Sartell at Brainerd, 5 pm West Metro Waconia at Cathedral, 5 pm; GSL at Becker, 5 p.rru; St John's Prep at Holy Family, 5 pm Non-conference Cathedral at Apollo, 7 p.m. Glris soccer Central Lakes Little Falls at Alexandria, 7 p.m.; Tech at Willmar, 5 p.m.; Sauk Rapids at Apollo, 5 p.m.; Brainerd at Sartell, 5 pm West Metro Cathedral at Waconia, 5 pm; Holy Family at SL John's Pre, 5 pm Crosscountry Sartell Invitational with Tech, Apollo, Sauk Rapids, Cathedral, SL John's Prep. Albany, Foley, Milaca, Becker, 4 p.m.; Litchfield Invitational with Annandale, Eden Valley-WatkinsKimball, 4 p.m.; BOLD Invitational with BBE, 4 p.m.; Foley Invitational, 4:30 pm Girls swimming Central Lakes Tech at Sartell, 6 p.m.; Alexandria at Little Falls, 6 p.m.; Willmar at Rocori, 6 pm; Brainerd at Sauk Rapids, 6 p.m. West Central Albany at Melrose, 6 p.m.; Montevideo at Sauk Centre, 6 pm Rum River Milaca at Chisago Lakes, 6 pm Non-conference Cathedral at Holdlngford, 6 p.m.; Big Lake at Foley, 6 pm Girls tennis Non-conference Mora at Pierz, 4:15 pm Adapted soccer SL Cloud Area at Dakota, TBA.

Radio sports TODAY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS 3:05 p.m. Houston Astros at Atlanta Braves, WBHR-AM. 6:05 pm Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees, WBHR-AM, WJON-AM, WYRO- FM. 9:05 p.m. Boston Red Sox at Anaheim Angels, WBHR-AM.

COLLEGE SOCCER 7 p.m. Bemidji State at St Cloud State, KVSC-FM. GENERAL Midnight All Night with Todd Wright WBHR-AM. 5 a.m. Mike Mike In the Morning, WBHR-AM.

6:06 am Fan Radio Network, KXSS-AM. 9 am The Herd, WBHR-AM. 11 am. The Jim Rome Show, WBHR-AM. Noon Granite City Cafe, KXSS-AM.

2 pm The Dan Patrick Show, WBHR-AM. 6 pm Sports Bash, WBHR-AM. 6 p.m. -PTI on ESPN Radio, WBHR-AM. 6 p.m.

The Mike Tice Show. KXSS-AM. 6:30 pm Game Night WBHR-AM. 7:06 pm Sporting News Radio, KXSS- THURSDAY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS 3:05 p.m. Houston Astros at Atlanta Braves, WBHR-AM.

7:05 p.m. Los Angeles Dodgers at St Louis Cardinals, WBHR-AM. PREP VOLLEYBALL 7:30 p.m. Albany at Sauk Centre. KASM-AM.

i 7:30 p.m. Long Prairie-Grey Eagle at Melrose, KDDG-FM. COLLEGE FOOTBALL 6:15 pm Clemson at Virginia, KXSS- GENERAL Midnight All Night with Todd Wright WBHR-AM. 5 a.m. Mike Mike In the Morning, WBHR-AM 6:06 am Fan Radio Network, KXSS-AM.

am The Herd, WBHR-AM. 11 am The Jim Rome Show, WBHR-AM. Noon Granite City Cafe, KXSS-AM. 2 p.m. The Dan Patrick Show, WBHR-AM.

5 pm Sports Bash, WBHR-AM. 6 pm PTI on ESPN Radio, WBHR-AM. 6:30 pm Game Night WBHR-AM. 7:06 pm Sporting News Radio, KXSS-AM. 10 pm NFL Insider, WJON-AM.

Game Forecast Heart 6, Mercyhurst 3, Niagara 3, RPI 3. Auto racing NASCAR LEADERS Through Octl Dale Earnhardt Jr, 5543. 2, Kurt Busch, 5530. 3, Jeff Gordon, 5482. 4, Mark Martin, 5432.

5, Matt Kenseth, 5393. 6, Tony Stewart 5391. 7, Ryan Newman, 5384. 8, Elliott Sadler, 5377. 9, Jimmie Johnson, 537L 10, Jeremy Mayfield, 5263.

II, Jamie McMurray, 3585. 12, Kevin Har-vick, 3549. 13, Dale Jarrett, 3507. 14, Kasey Kahne, 3442. 15, Bobby Labonte, 3425.

16, Michael Waltrip, 3149. 17, Rusty Wallace, 3110. 18, Casey Mears, 3085. 19, Sterling Marlin, 3058. 20, Jeff Burton, 3057.

Money Dale Earnhardt $6.123,039. 2, Matt Kenseth, $5,443,071. 3, Jeff Gordon, $5361,214. 4, Tony Stewart, $5301,904. 5, Jimmie Johnson, $4,362,879.

6, Elliott Sadler, $4,271,006. 7, Ryan Newman, $4233.472. a Kevin Harvkk, $3,999,066. 9, Kasey Kahne, $3342,997. 10, Dale Jarrett, $319.415.

II, Bobby Labonte, $3,798,109. 12, Rusty Wallace, $3,669346. 13, Michael Waltrip, $3,500,711. 14, Kurt Busch, $3386,067. 15, Sterling Martin, $3351,133.

16, Robby Gordon, $3,275,596. 17, Jeremy Mayfield, $3,265,009. la Scott Wimmer, $3,189,215. 19, Mark Martin, $3,153,797. 20, Jeff Burton, $3,137,715.

Golf PGA MONEY LEADERS Through Oct 3 LVTjay Singh 2. Phil Mickelson 3. Ernie Els 4. Tiger Woods 5. Stewart Clnk 6.

Adam Scott 7. Sergio Garcia a Davis Love III 9. Stephen Ames 10. Todd Hamilton 11. Chris DIMarco 12.

Stuart Appleby 13. Retief Goosen 14. Mike Weir 15. RorySabbatinl 16 Steve Flesch 17. Mark Hensby la Chad Campbell 19.

John Daly 20. Zach Johnson Tm Money 26 $9,455366 19 $5,672323 15 $5,629,025 18 $4,717,472 26 $4344,670 15 $3,619,384 17 $3,115,415 21 $3,075,092 24 $3,014,679 26 $2,970,178 25 $2316,427 21 $2,784,943 14 $2,747323 20 $2313336 25 $2342.197 28 $2341386 26 $2334,791 25 $2344,977 19 $2342307 27 $2,237,405 Others receiving votes: Fertile Beltrami 2, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton 1, Warren-Alvara-do-Oslo 1. Nine-Man l.Stephen-Argyle(7) 54 94 2. Kittson Central (1) 54 84 3. ML Iron-Buhl (1) 54 81 4.

Nicollet 54 70 5. Hillcrest Lutheran 54 56 awheatond) 54 55 7. Tower-Soudan 54 38 aVemdale 4-1 19 9. Ulen-HWerdal 54 16 10. AIBrook 54 14 1.

Eden Prairie (7) 54 70 2. Wayzata 54 63 3. ChamplinPark 54 54 4. Brainerd 54 47 5. Minnetonka 4-1 45 6.

Anoka 54 28 7. Rochester Century 54 22 White Bear Lake 4-1 19 9. (tie) Bloom. Jefferson 54 12 9. (tie) Hastings 4-1 12 Others receiving votes: Cretin-Derham Hall 4, Robbinsdale Armstrong Class 4A Northfield (6) 54 85 ITottno-GraceO) 4-1 83 3.

Rocori 54 70 IMahtomedi 54 66 5. Holy Angels 4-1 50 fcSarttf 54 42 7. Mpts. Washburn 54 31 a Princeton 54 29 9. Andover 4-1 16 10.

DuJuth DenfeM S4 11 Others receding votes: Detroit Lakes 6, BenSde-SL Margarets 3, South St Paul 2, Hutchinson Class 3A tBckr(7) 54 88 2. Kasson-MntorviRe(2) 64 82 3. East Grand Forks S4 64 4 Delano 4-1 SO 5. DeLaSalle 54 47 Plalrmew-Bgin-MiMe 54 45 7. LeSueur-Henderson S4 28 8.

International Falls 54 25 9. Metros 4-1 22 10. Foley 54 20 Minnesota at Houston, Noon Detroit at Atlanta, Noon N.Y. Giants at Dallas, Noon Oakland at Indianapolis, Noon Miami at New England, Noon Cleveland at Pittsburgh, Noon Tampa Bay at New Orleans, Noon Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 3:05 p.m.

Jacksonville at San Diego, 3:05 pm SL Louis at Seattle, 3:15 pm Arizona at San Francisco, 3:15 pm Carolina at Denver, 3:15 p.m. Baltimore at Washington, 7:30 pm Open: Cincinnati, Kansas City, Philad phia, Chicago Game Monday Tennessee at Green Bay, 8 pm DIVISION II POLL Record Pel Pvs 1. Grand valley SL (24) 54 624 2. Pittsburg SL (Kan.) (1) 6-0 591 3. 4-0 565 4.

Northwest Missouri St 6-0 549 5. Catawba (N.C.) 5-0 517 6 Central Oklahoma 64 492 7. Albany SI (Ga.) 54 450 1 St Cloud State (MkwJ 6-0 417 15 9. Carson-Newman 4-1 402 10 10. ValdostaSL(Ga.) 4-1 394 12 11.

North Dakota 4-1 367 2 12. Northwood (Mich.) 64 357 14 13. Saoinaw Valley SL 4-1 352 13 14. East Stroudsburo (Pa.) 5-0 310 18 15. Arkansas Tech 54 239 21 16.

Winona SL (Minn.) 5-1 233 19 17. Michigan Tech 54 206 22 iaShippensburg(Pa.) 5-1 196 9 19. Cola School of Mines 64 162 24 20. Delta SL (Miss.) 3-2 139 11 21. Tuskegee(Ala.) 3-1 134 17 22.

South Dakota 5-1 116 25 23. Central Missouri SL 4-2 44 16 24. North Alabama 3-2 41 NR 25. California (Pa.) 4-1 39 NR BIG TEN STANDINGS Others receiving votes: Bertha-Hewitt 8, LeRoy-Ostrander 6, Edgerton 5, Cromwell 2. Hockey COLLEGE POLL USA TodayAmerican Hockey Magazine Below is this week's USA TodayAmerican Hockey Magazine men's college hockey top 15, with first-place votes in parentheses: TaamPbj Last Record Michigan, 463 (17) I Boston College, 457 (11) 3.

Maine, 442 4. Minnesota-Duluth, 390 5 North Dakota, 375 6 Denver, 301 (4) 7. Minnesota, 294 Wisconsin, 285 9. Michigan State, 207 10. New Hampshire, 197 11.

Dartmouth, 163 12. Colorado College, 105 13. Ohio State, 103 14. Cornell, 81 15. Miami (Ohio), 66 2 044 1 044 2 144 5 044 3 044 7 044 8 044 6 044 9 044 10 044 11 044 12 044 13 044 14 044 NR 044 Others receiving votes: Rochester Lour- des 9, Crookston 6, Redwood Valley 4, Pipestone 3, Luveme 2.

Class 2A 1. BOLD (4) 54 58 lEsko(l) 54 54 3. 54 45 4. Atwater-Cosmos-Gr. City 54 41 5.

West Central 54 39 6 East Central 54 23 Others receiving votes: UMass-Lowell 64, Boston University 18, St Cloud Stat 14, Brown 12, Colgate 12, Northern Michigan 10, Harvard 8, Notre Dame 8, Sacred Conf.Ovaral W-t W-L PF PA 24 54 193 82 24 54 101 26 Minnesota Wisconsin.